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Liz Williams Named Director at Gadsby’s Tavern Museum

Innovative
Museum Professional to lead Early American Tavern Museum

The Office of Historic Alexandria (OHA), the comprehensive public
history agency of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, is pleased to announce that
Liz Williams has been appointed as Director of the City owned-and operated Gadsby’s
Tavern Museum, located at 134 N. Royal Street in Old Town, Alexandria. Ms.
Williams has been employed at OHA since 2004, serving as Acting Director of Gadsby’s
Tavern Museum for the past year and as Assistant Director at the Gadsby’s
Tavern and the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museums for over a decade. Both institutions are accredited by the
American Alliance of Museums (AAM) as part of OHA’s “museum system,” one of
eight municipal museum systems in the United States to be accredited by the
AAM. Ms. Williams was one of the primary
OHA staff members to coordinate the AAM Self-study application, prepared over
several years that resulted in the accreditation award in 2012. The previous
Director at Gadsby’s Tavern Museum, Gretchen Bulova, was promoted to Deputy
Director of OHA in 2016 and both women are well-respected for their teamwork,
leadership, and creativity.

Ms. Williams is a graduate of Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg,
Virginia, where she earned her B.A. in Historic Preservation and was
honored with the Susan Jefferson Ford Award in Historic Preservation for
superior academic achievement and significant contributions to historic
preservation in the Fredericksburg area.
She then went on to receive her graduate degree at The George Washington
University in Washington, D.C., where she earned an M.T.A. in Tourism
Administration, concentrating on heritage tourism. She has been a guest
lecturer at that university since 2014, and has presented numerous times at
conferences held annually by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
(NTHP) and the Virginia Association of Museums.

Previous to her employment with the City of Alexandria, Ms. Williams worked
as Associate Director for Business Operations and as Business Manager at Woodlawn
and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House in Fairfax County, Virginia, operated
by NTHP. Earlier, she worked as a Program Assistant at NTHP headquarters in
Washington, D.C. where she assisted with the coordination of the innovative
Preservation Leadership Training programs sponsored by the nation’s premier
historic preservation organization. Her experience with NTHP in both museum
administration, tourism, and historic preservation has proven to be a major
asset to OHA, both at the departmental and institutional level, and Gadsby’s
Tavern Museum continues to be recognized for its superior management, creative
programming, and engaging special event activities.

In response to Ms. Williams’ selection as Museum Director by the Evaluation
Committee, OHA Director J. Lance Mallamo stated, “In her exceptional service to
OHA museums over the years, Liz Williams has consistently exceeded expectations
through her knowledge and commitment. The City of Alexandria looks forward to her
continued guidance and leadership in maintaining the highest levels of
excellence, and best practices in the museum profession at Gadsby’s Tavern
Museum.”